Hi Jean, I'll use some of the concepts in the first half of your email. I disagree with the second.
> In my opinion directories should never bother user. User should just > pre-define sets of directories such as: People, Groups, you name it, and > files should be accessible in such directories automatically. Productivity studies show that navigation dominates search. Human animals are natural pathfinders and walking computer paths with ergonomic file explorers such as Dired increases mastery of the subject matter. This value is trivial with retrieval tasks such as a person's name, which is why 10 Bins stores such names in a flat list of directories, sorted alphabetically by last name. It is easy to integrate an automated retrieval script with such a predictable path. I think Treefactor is the correct means to refile files and directories, not a CLI program. The benefits of incremental inductive refiling outweigh those of the system you described. Incremental inductive refiling isn't compatible with your suggested automation, history and link features. Proper repo management is also incompatible. For example, text and binary files should be handled separately. I document rapid iterative inductive refiling here: https://treefactor-docs.nfshost.com I've come to depend on its cognitive benefits.
